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An American opium trader stands beside his beloved horse in front of a Western-styled villa in Shanghai. The drug dealer is Francis Blackwell Forbes, one of the wealthiest US merchants in late 19th century China, who disguised his opium bus...

"Snowy Mountain in Switzerland," a Chinese painting by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), fetched a stunning 52.64 million yuan (US$7.72 million) at Beijing Council International's autumn auction, setting a new world record for the artist. The paint...

A school teaching traditional Tibetan Thang-ga painting in West China's Qinghai Province is to be expanded with 300,000 yuan (US$45,000) raised at a December 19 charity auction organized by the Beijing Saving Foundation Association (BSFA)....

"Butuo, Chung Khneas and Manohara," a photography exhibition about poverty in three villages in China, Cambodia and Nepal, opened on December 19 in Beijing, in the Academy Hall of the Central University of Finance and Economy. The photograp...

An exhibition introducing the mainlanders to the history and culture of ethnic minorities in Taiwan opened Monday at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in downtown Beijing. The exhibits include some 10,000 photos, 40 films and 400 artifac...

A photo exhibition held in the Orange of Sanlitun Village reveals French born photographer Elisa Haberer’s concept of the difference between "me" and others when looking at "myself". The exhibition, named "Me, by you", is composed of 45 g...

Several hundred returned Chinese treasures are the highlight of Poly International's upcoming auction. The Chinese painting and calligraphy category features two Qi Baishi masterpieces - a Longevity polyptich (pictured) and a large "Pine an...

18-year-old amputee Aynalem Zenebe is a survivor of a landmine explosion in Ethiopia. Photo: Gael Turine [ Global Times ] "Fatal Footprint," a photo exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Beijing, depicts the difficult lives of landmin...

Liu Wen is the new face of China after becoming the first Asian model for Victoria's Secret (VS). It means the 21-year-old is busier than ever, striking poses for next year's New York fashion magazines. Liu told China Daily in an e-mail int...

Catching a growing trend abroad, more Chinese are writing fashion blogs in a bid to influence the way people dress. When Piksi from Finland posted her photos on her blog, she never expected that the H&M dress in that photo would trigger suc...